Dull Boy

from Signal Flags by Slow Boat To Nova Scotia

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v1: working for my bread is how i survive
digging ditches to give my dreams life
might not got the mind but i got time
back breaking in sweat just to make my dime
rolling out of bed at 3am
carrying my soul to the miner's den
swing upon the rocks strike in unison
a million other men digging to their end

pc: now i know that i'm no good
but i've done all i could
the world's done me no crime
but is this my lot in life?

c: they don't like me around
it's time i left this town
shake me, break me but no please don't take me now
don't take me away

v2: i wanna know how it feels to be
among the other men whose minds are free
never had nothing handed to me
digging up wards is my only means
cave-ins keep me locked down but i can't break stride
older men tell me that that ain't no life
tired of their games give me solutions
a million ticking clocks counting to our end

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c

hey dull boy, come out of your shell
it's time to play, you're working life away
hey dull boy, come out of your shell
it's time to play you're throwing life away...

hey dull boy, come out of your shell
it's time to pay, come throw your life away, oh

i know that i'm no good
but i've done all i could
world's done me no crime
so this is my lot in life

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from Signal Flags, released May 6, 2017

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